The official website for the Neko to Ryuu (The Cat and the Dragon/ 猫と竜 ) TV anime has revealed a new trailer and visual for the show, as well as confirmed that the anime will premiere in July 2026.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZJgFx-1tfs]
Oh Jin-Koo is directing the anime at OLM studios, and the anime will star Koyasu Takehito as Nekoryuu, the dragon raised by a cat.
The anime is based on Amara’s Neko to Ryuu light novel series. Author Amara started the story in September 2013 on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website, and Takaraijimasha published the first light novel with illustrations by Oukuma Mai in April 2016. The series’s eighth novel was released in April 2025, and the ninth novel is scheduled for release on November 26th, 2025.
Sasaki Izumi adapted the light novels into manga in September 2017 in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! website, and since April 2020, the manga has also been serialised on the Manga Box website. Takaraijimasha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in January 2018 and the 11th volume in May 2025. The manga’s 12th volume is scheduled for release on November 21st, 2025.
